How I Got Into College
A horror story so intense, so barbaric, so frightening it will have you running for your local army recruiter.
1989 | 86m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Savage Steve Holland |
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| Writer: | Terrel Seltzer |
| Staring: |
| High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It won't be easy, since the college is highly selective and Marlon's grades are hardly impressive. That means the lovelorn teen will have to find a way to score high on the SATs and win over the college admissions committee. | |
| Release Date: | May 19, 1989 |
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| Director: | Savage Steve Holland |
| Writer: | Terrel Seltzer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
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| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,642,239
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | Kip Hammett |
| Corey Parker | Marlon Browne |
| Lara Flynn Boyle | Jessica Kailo |
| Finn Carter | Nina Sachie |
| Charles Rocket | Leo Whitman |
| Christopher Rydell | Oliver |
| Gary Owens | Sports Announcer |
| Brian Doyle-Murray | Coach Evans |
| Tichina Arnold | Vera Cook |
| Bill Raymond | Flutter |
| Philip Baker Hall | Dean Patterson |
| Nicolas Coster | Dr. Phillip Jellinak, Sr. |
| Micole Mercurio | Betty Kailo |
| Robert Ridgely | George Kailo |
| Richard Jenkins | Bill Browne |
| Bill Henderson | Detroit High School Coach |
| Helen Lloyd Breed | Chancellor Joanna Holbrook |
| Nora Dunn | Francine Bauer, SAT Coach |
| Phil Hartman | Bennedict, SAT Coach |
| Bob Eubanks | Himself |
| Susan Krebs | Mrs. Wyler, Guidance Councilor |
| O-Lan Jones | Sally O'Connor |
| Maya Lebenzon | Jessica's Friend #1 |
| Annie Oringer | Jessica's Friend #2 |
| Dee Booher | Herself |
| Diane Franklin | Sharon Browne |
| Bruce Wagner | A |
| Tom Kenny | B |
| Taylor Negron | Mailman |
| Fran Bennett | Mrs. Cook |
| Duane Davis | Ronny Rawlson |
| Adam Silbar | Phillip Jellinak, Jr. |
| Marlene Warfield | Librarian |
| Edward Mehler | Astonished Boy |
| Daniel William Carter | Egghead |
| Marisa DeSimone | Egghead |
| Gregg Binkley | Egghead |
| Larry Spinak | Startled Boy |
| Willie Smith | Willie Browne |
| Phill Lewis | Earnest Boy |
| Stella Hall | Woman with Lasso |
| Morris Wilkes Jr. | Smart Aleck |
| Leon Fan | Asian Student |
| Emily Munson | Laurie Thomas, Twin #1 |
| Sara Munson | Terry Thomas, Twin #2 |
| Richard Steven Horvitz | Young Energizer |
| Vernetta R. Jenkins | Cassandra |
| James McIntire | Army Recruiter |
| Jim Painter | Lone Star State Recruiter |
| Tara Vessels | Waitress |
| Ashleigh Harris | Kiddie Koral Girl #1 |
| Juliet Sorci | Kiddie Koral Girl #2 |
| David McCoy | McDonald's Employee |
| Hope Marie Carlton | Game Show Hostess |
| Rebecca Ferratti | Game Show Hostess |
| Lisa Fuller | Game Show Hostess |
| Curtis Armstrong | Arcadia Bible Academy Recruiter (uncredited) |
| Arthur Lamont Berger | Princeton Graduate (uncredited) |
| Daniel Fitzpatrick | Arcadia Bible Academy Student (uncredited) |
| Kris Hagerty | Clone (uncredited) |
| Aaron Michael Lacey | High School Senior (uncredited) |
| Dan Schneider | Pessimistic Boy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terrel Seltzer | Writer |
| Sonya Sones | Editor |
| Kaja Fehr | Editor |
| Joseph Vitarelli | Original Music Composer |
| Savage Steve Holland | Director |
| Robert Elswit | Director of Photography |
| Ida Random | Production Design |
| Richard Reynolds | Art Direction |
| Kathe Klopp | Set Decoration |
| Taryn De Chellis | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Shamberg | Producer |
| Elizabeth Cantillon | Co-Producer |
| James Herbert | Associate Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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GenerationofSwine
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People have called out the acting... and that is fair, but what did they think that they were walking into? It is a low budget comedy that bill itself as a low budget comedy and is ridiculous fun like a low budget comedy. So the acting waffles between good and bad. But the plot is sufficiently in ... ane and stupid enough to be hysterical. And it gets the happy ending that comedies like these promise. In other words, you get exactly what the film claims it is without any pretenses, and you get to laugh for a while... and that, after all, was the point of making this film, to get the audience to laugh at some unbelievable things
Jan 11, 2023